It has been accused of not pushing hard enough to gain access to Ukrainian troops held by Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GENEVA - The Red Cross said on Wednesday it had visited 1,500 prisoners of war on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine, often sharing desperately longed-for news with their families.
“For the prisoners of war and their families who have been able to share news, the impact is... immeasurable,” Ms Ariane Bauer, ICRC’s regional director for Europe and central Asia, told reporters. Visiting POWs is core to the ICRC’s mission enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, which define the laws of war.The organisation has faced repeated criticism by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the ultra-sensitive subject of POW visits.
Ms Bauer described how colleagues, after a recent visit to see a number of Ukrainian POWs in Russia, had been able to pass on messages to their families the same evening, and gather their messages to take back to the prisoners the next day.
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